Here is a link to the video: http://vimeo.com/50531435 It's really great and definitely worth a watch. I don't know much at all about the subject and it's would be great to A) know if it's historically accurate and B) know what it is I'm watching. Some are fairly obvious like the British troops and the Israelis but there are so many "characters" of which I know nothing about. Thanks!
The link below the video gives a brief explanation of the characters. Which one(s) specifically do you want to know more about (it is several thousand years of history)?
It is based on history but other than giving a sequence of peoples (which is broadly accurate but can be nitpicked) it doesn't do much else which is historical. It's a 3 minute cartoon covering several thousand years of history.